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John Agard FRSL (born 21 June 1949) is a Guyanese playwright, poet and children's writer, now living in Britain. In 2012, he was selected for the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry . [ 1 ] He was awarded BookTrust 's Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2021.
The flag should never touch anything physically beneath it. [9] An urban myth claimed that if the flag touched the ground, it had to be destroyed under the Flag Code; however, it has been affirmed by the American Legion and state governments that this is not the case. [10] [11] The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery.
The Flag Act of 1777 ("Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, 8:464".) was passed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, in response to a petition made by a Native American nation on June 3 for "an American Flag." [2] As a result, June 14 is now celebrated as Flag Day in the United States.
Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990–2003. New York: Knopf. (2004). Americans & the California Dream Series by Kevin Starr, published by Oxford University Press. Americans and the California Dream, 1850–1915. (1973) Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era. (1985) Material Dreams: Southern California through the ...
Prior to the All-American Act, the U.S. government was permitted to purchase flags containing 50% American-made materials. [2] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the value of U.S. imports of American flags was $4.4 million in 2015, of which more than $4 million worth of imported flags came from China. In 2017, the U.S. imported $10 million ...
Flag Protection Act of 1968; Other short titles: Flag Desecration Penalties Act of 1968: Long title: An Act to prohibit desecration of the flag and for other purposes. Acronyms (colloquial) FPA: Nicknames: Flag Protection Act of 1968: Enacted by: the 90th United States Congress: Effective: July 5, 1968: Citations; Public law: 90-381: Statutes ...
The museum’s acquisitions chief, Ian Hunt, submitted a request to the executive director to pursue the 21-star flag on Nov. 6, according to documents provided to the AP under an open-records ...
The following is a timeline of the flag of the United States.. 1776 January 1 – The Continental Colours designed in 1775 is displayed at the camp of the commanding General George Washington of Virginia over the Continental Army forces in the American Revolutionary War at Prospect Hill, north of Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, during the Siege of Boston.